Bribery Commission officers have visited SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa in prison and recorded a statement over the allegation that he received a bribe of Rs. 70 million from former Krrish Directress Janaki Siriwardene.
Former Executive Director of Krrish Group and business personality Janaki Siriwardena was recently arrested and remanded over an alleged Rs. 70 million bribery incident involving MP Namal Rajapaksa.
She was arrested on September 24 by officers of the Special Investigation Unit of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
Siriwardena is accused of allegedly providing a bribe of Rs. 70 million to MP Namal Rajapaksa on three separate occasions in exchange for his assistance in securing a property in Colombo Fort belonging to the Urban Development Authority (UDA) for Krrish Transworks Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., and expediting the necessary approvals.
The court had recently granted approval for a request for Bribery Commission officers to record a statement from Namal Rajapaksa regarding the investigations.
